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2016 AAAS Annual Meeting (February 11-15, 2016)

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Saturday, February 13, 2016

7:00 AM-10:00 AM

Minority and Women Scientists and Engineers Networking Breakfast
By invitation only

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Become a Science Presentation Superstar!

8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing

Citizen Science and Information Technology: Engaging People for a Better Planet

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Iran: Science Cooperation in a Post-Sanctions Era

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Neuroscience Clues to the Chemistry of Addictions and Mood Disorders

Seminar: Precision and Personalized Medicine

Personalized Medicine: Big Data and Machine Learning

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Planet Formation Seen with Radio Eyes

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

Public Health Epigenomics: Integrating Environment and Human Health

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology

Smart Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure: Self-Healing Concrete and Asphalt

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Statisticians Building Global Science Capacity and Infrastructure

Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Goals: Paths Forward

Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources

Unlocking Plant Genetic Diversity for Food and Nutritional Security

8:00 AM-10:00 AM

AAAS Fellows Forum
By invitation only

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

AAAS Committee

AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPP), Day Two
By invitation only

8:30 AM-12:30 PM

AAAS Committee

AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (CSFR), Day Two
By invitation only

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Presentation Rx Clinic (Day 3)
For speakers and moderators only

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences
Open to all registrants

9:15 AM-10:15 AM

Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools

Bringing Your Whole LGBTQIQ Self to Work and School

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

A Global Village of Public Engagement in Science

Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change

Biodiversity, Scientists, and Religious Communities: Conservation Through Collaboration

Symposium Track: Public Policy

Future Directions for International Science Advice

Symposium Track: Education

Incorporating Responsible Science into Academic Curricula

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Is the Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Declining? Evidence From Around the World

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Limiting our Planet's Nitrogen Footprint

Seminar: Precision and Personalized Medicine

Precision Medicine and Bioethics

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Radio Astronomy on Three Continents: First Stars and the Epoch of Reionization

Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change

Tsunamis: An International Hazard

Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change

Unmanned Autonomous Systems for Climate and Environmental Research

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Section Business Meeting

Anthropology
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Biological Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

General Interest in Science and Engineering
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Geology and Geography
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

History and Philosophy of Science
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Medical Sciences
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Psychology
Open to all registrants

Section Business Meeting

Statistics
Open to all registrants

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Saturday Morning
Open to all registrants

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Integrating Neuroscience and Mathematics to Elucidate Mental Activities
Open to all registrants

10:30 AM-1:00 PM

General Poster Session Saturday Morning
Student Poster Competition Saturday Morning

11:00 AM-11:30 AM

STEM Professionals Needed: How Can We Get the Next Generation Fired Up?
Open to all registrants

11:00 AM-4:00 PM

Family Science Day and Meet the Scientists Series, Day One
Open to all registrants

11:45 AM-12:45 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Pathways

Scientists, Engineers, and Health Professionals: Applying Your Skills to Human Rights

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

David Spiegelhalter: Can Your Lifestyle Make You Older or Younger? Metaphors for Communicating Chronic Risks
Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, Cambridge University
Jennifer Richeson: Coalition or Derogation? Psychological Perspectives on Race Relations in the 21st Century
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University
Robin Murphy: Disaster Management: Robots, Informatics, and People
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Science in Comic Books
Open to all registrants

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Building Your Communication Skills with Winners of "I’m a Scientist" Competition

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

Symposium Track: Public Policy

A War on Science? Vaccines, Climate Change, GMOs, and the Role of Science

Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources

Climate, Water, and the American Indian Farmer

Symposium Track: Education

Enabling Effective Climate Literacy with Collective Impact

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Mapping the Northern and Southern Skies: Diversity and Research Capacity for Global Astronomy

Seminar: Precision and Personalized Medicine

Precision Medicine, Global Reach: Health Solutions From the Big Data Revolution

Symposium Track: Engineering, Industry, and Technology

Promoting Global Science, Technology, and Innovation Entrepreneurship: Best Practices

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Smart Cities: Utopia for Data Collection?

Symposium Track: Global Perspectives and Issues

Statecraft and Scalpel: Regional and Global Health Diplomacy

1:00 PM-5:00 PM

National Association of Science Writers (NASW) Internship Fair
Closed meeting

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

AAAS and Human Rights – Action and Engagement Opportunities
Open to all registrants

1:30 PM-4:30 PM

AJAS Oral Presentations
Open to all registrants

Symposium Track: Education

After the Dover Intelligent Design Trial: Law, Politics, and Education

Symposium Track: Anthropology, Culture, and Language

Bilingualism Matters

Symposium Track: Communication and Public Programs

Maker Culture and Creativity: The Global Maker Movement

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

The Impact of Convergence on Innovation Across Sectoral and Global Boundaries
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Saturday Afternoon
Open to all registrants

2:15 PM-3:15 PM

Career Development Workshop: Communication Skills

Working with Congress: Communicating in Difficult Fiscal Times

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Coffee Break, Day Two
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

AAAS Governance

Committee on Council Affairs: Open Hearing
Open to all registrants

2:30 PM-5:00 PM

General Poster Session Saturday Afternoon
Student Poster Competition Saturday Afternoon

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Reflections from Scientists: Engaging Publics Early and Often
Open to all registrants

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Symposium Track: Information Technology and Computing

New Science Roadmaps for Global Research

Symposium Track: International and Sustainable Development

Accelerating Africa’s Scientific Transformation

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Aligning Publishing Incentives with Research Transparency and Integrity

Symposium Track: Biology and Neuroscience

Artificial Intelligence: Imagining the Future

Symposium Track: Physics and Astronomy

Astroparticle Physics: Unraveling Mysteries of the Universe

Symposium Track: Food and Water Resources

Global Science to Protect Our Global Farm

Symposium Track: Behavioral and Social Sciences

Interpersonal Violence and Conflict Escalation: Situational Dynamics

Symposium Track: Environment, Ecology, and Climate Change

Sea Level Rise: Human and Scientific Challenges

Symposium Track: Medical Sciences and Public Health

The Burden of Disease From Air Pollution

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

Career Development Workshop: Career Management, Resources, and Tools

Stand Up and Stand Out: Positive Self-Presentation Strategies for Career Success

3:30 PM-5:00 PM

AAAS Governance

Committee on Council Affairs: Closed Hearing
Closed meeting

4:00 PM-4:30 PM

AAAS Short Films, Day One
Open to all registrants

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Jennifer Doudna: The CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Revolution
Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley

6:30 PM-8:00 PM

AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPP) and AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowships Reception
By invitation only
AAAS International Reception
Presented by the Research Councils UK
Open to all registrants
AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Reception
By invitation only
Union of Concerned Scientists Reception
Open to all registrants

8:00 PM-10:00 PM

Annals of Improbable Research
Open to all registrants